Subject: OAR 461-190-0212 is being adopted to indicate which
Job Opportunity and Basic Skills (JOBS) program activities and services are
ending June 30, 2011. This rule is also being adopted to state that JOBS
program support service payments received by the client to assist in participation
in one or more of the identified activities or services is also ending June 30,
2011. This program reduction affects clients who are participating in the JOBS
program while receiving Pre-TANF, TANF, Post-TANF, Refugee, SFPSS, or TA-DVS
program benefits. Without this new rule, the Department would fully deplete
resources available for the JOBS program, and be unable to set up a more
limited program consistent with restricted funding.

Notwithstanding any other administrative rule in
Chapter 461, except as provided in section (4) of this rule, effective at the
end of the day on June 30, 2011, in the JOBS, Post-TANF, Pre-TANF, REF, SFPSS,
TA-DVS, and TANF programs:

(3) Transition Services (see OAR 461-190-0241).
Eligibility for, and payments made on behalf of, an individual who is
ineligible for the Pre-TANF or TANF programs because of an increase in earned
income, ends.

(4) This rule does not apply to an individual in the
JOBS Plus program (JOBS Plus) (see OAR 461-001-0025 and 461-101-0010) or the
Parents as Scholars (PAS) (see OAR 461-001-0025) activity.

(5) Support services ended under this rule are not
continued after June 30, 2011 regardless of whether a hearing request is
submitted or pending.

Subject: OAR 461-135-1250 about specific client eligibility and
participation requirements in the Post-Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
(Post-TANF) program is being amended to end the program on June 30, 2011. This
amendment also does not allow post-TANF payments to continue after June 30,
2011 for pending or submitted hearing requests.

Rules Coordinator: Annette Tesch—(503) 945-6067

461-135-1250

Specific Requirements: Post-TANF

(1) This rule explains specific requirements for the
Post-TANF program. Through September 30, 2010, the Post-TANF program provides
$100 per month per qualifying adult in aid for 12 consecutive months or until
the household income exceeds 250 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL),
whichever comes first, as long as the client meets JOBS federally required
participation rates (see OAR 461-001-0025) in combined unsubsidized paid
work and JOBS activities.

(2) Effective October 1, 2010, the Post-TANF program
provides $50 per month per qualifying adult in aid for 12 consecutive months or
until the household income exceeds 250 percent of the FPL, whichever comes
first, as long as the client meets JOBS federally required participation
rates in combined unsubsidized paid work and JOBS activities.

(3) To enroll in the Post-TANF program, a client must:

(a) Have obtained unsubsidized paid employment;

(b) Have become ineligible for the Pre-TANF, TANF or
SFPSS programs due to earnings; and

(c) Be a Work Eligible Individual as defined by federal
regulations.

(4) To remain eligible for the monthly Post-TANF
payment, the client must meet the requirements of all of the following
subsections:

(a) Meet all TANF eligibility requirements, except the
client need not meet the following requirements:

(A) OAR 461-120-0310 and 461-120-0340 (child support
assignment and cooperation);

(B) OAR 461-120-0330 (pursuing assets);

(C) OAR 461-125-0010 (deprivation);

(D) OAR 461-155-0030 (income limits); and

(E) OAR 461-160-0015 (resource limits).

(b) Report and meet the monthly JOBS federal
participation requirements with unsubsidized paid work and, if necessary, other
JOBS activities.

(c) Provide the Department with employer-produced
documents of paid, unsubsidized work hours within 45 days after Pre-TANF, TANF,
or SFPSS has ended.

(d) The client must also provide employer-produced
documents of paid, unsubsidized work hours each time requested by the
Department or no later than the last day of the sixth month following the date
the client provides the verification of work hours in accordance with
subsection (c) of this section.

(e) Report all changes in residency and household
group (see OAR 461-110-0210) affecting Post-TANF eligibility within 10 days
of the occurrence.

(f) Changes reported for another program that affect
Post-TANF eligibility are considered reported for Post-TANF.

(5) A client failing to comply with subsection (3)(c)
of this rule but then providing documents after 45 days is eligible for
Post-TANF payments only in the month the local Department office receives the
documents and the months thereafter.

(6) Household income for the Post-TANF program is
calculated in accordance with all TANF financial rules.

(7) Each parent (see OAR 461-001-0000) of a
two-parent family is entitled to a monthly Post-TANF payment if both parents
meet all Post-TANF enrollment and eligibility requirements.

(8) Monthly payments in the Post-TANF program begin the
month after the last regular TANF benefit payment; or for Pre-TANF clients, the
month after the Department verifies that the client meets TANF eligibility
requirements.

(9) A client in the Post-TANF program is entitled to
support services in accordance with OAR 461-190-0241. Additional support
services may be granted with manager approval.

(10) A client is no longer eligible for a Post-TANF
payment when the client does not meet JOBS federal participation requirements
due to:

(a) Loss of employment;

(b) A reduction in work hours, and the client chooses
not to participate in required JOBS activities offered by the Department; or

(c) A reduction in JOBS activity hours without good
cause (see OAR 461-130-0327) that when combined with work hours does not meet
the JOBS federally required participation rates.

(11) Notwithstanding any other administrative rule in
Chapter 461, effective June 30, 2011, the Post-TANF program ends. Post-TANF
benefits are not continued after June 30, 2011 regardless of whether a hearing
request is submitted or pending.

Notes1.) This online version of the OREGON BULLETIN is provided for convenience of reference and enhanced access. The official, record copy of this publication is contained in the original Administrative Orders and Rulemaking Notices filed with the Secretary of State, Archives Division. Discrepancies, if any, are satisfied in favor of the original versions. Use the OAR Revision Cumulative Index found in the Oregon Bulletin to access a numerical list of rulemaking actions after November 15, 2010.